Tooth Extractions in Calgary, AB
If you have dental pain, you may feel like making an appointment to have the tooth removed. However, you shouldn’t rush to have a tooth extraction. Our dentists at Oasis Dental can save most teeth, but there are some that they can’t, and you’ll learn the reasons why a tooth needs pulling.
Reasons for Tooth Extractions
There are many reasons that teeth sometimes need extracting. The following conditions may require a tooth extraction and a visit to a dentist near you:
- Extensive damage due to tooth decay
- Serious tooth infection
- Teeth overcrowding
- Impacted teeth
- Periodontal disease
- Trauma or breaks to the teeth or their surrounding structures
- Removal of extra teeth
- Removal of baby teeth
- Removal of wisdom teeth
- Orthodontic treatment
Extractions in Calgary, AB are not procedures that dentists like doing because pulling a tooth can cause the patient to lose other ones. If they don’t replace the tooth, the teeth on each side of the socket can start leaning toward it. As the teeth lean, they will loosen, and you can eventually lose one or more teeth.
Do Extractions Hurt?
Our dentists near you will numb your tooth to ensure the procedure is as pain-free as possible. To begin your procedure, your dentist may give you a sedation to calm your nerves and help you relax. Then once it has taken effect, they will provide a local anesthetic which numbs the surrounding area of the tooth to be removed. Once your dentist is able to loosen the tooth, they can remove it.
If the tooth is broken, impacted or within the gums, the procedure is more involved. This kind of extraction may require small incisions in the gums and a deeper level of anesthesia to insure a painfree procedure for the patient.
How Long Does an Extraction Take to Heal?
After extractions near you, it takes appropriately two weeks or so for sockets to heal. The areas may still be tender in and around them for two weeks or more, but they will heal, and you shouldn’t have any problems with them. However, you’ll want to consider how you want to replace a tooth.
Why Replace the Tooth?
It’s essential to replace a tooth after extraction because the teeth in your mouth support each other to stay upright. If a tooth is missing, the adjacent tooth doesn’t have the support it needs to keep standing. Eventually, it will start to lean, become loose, and you can lose the tooth.
Figuring out how you would like to replace an extracted tooth is a cruitial part of maintaining your dental health. Oasis Dental offers a wide range of tooth replacement options including dental implants and bridges. We perform all phases of the dental procedure in our Calgary office, from surgical to restoration.
If it’s been a while since you’ve been to a dentist or you’re having tooth pain, call our dentists in Calgary, AB for an appointment at Oasis Dental to get help for your teeth.
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